Dan Cole to miss England duty after having neck surgery

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Cole will undergo surgery next week after scans showed a nerve was being trapped by a bulging discPA /David Davies

Daniel Schofield

Published at 12:01AM, May 24 2014

Dan Cole, the Leicester prop, is likely to miss England’s autumn international
series after being told that he needs neck surgery that will keep him
sidelined for six months.

The problem came to light in a gym session in February during the RBS Six
Nations Championship, when the 27-year-old started experiencing weakness in
his right arm. Scans revealed that a nerve was being trapped by a bulging
disc and it was initially thought that an extended period of rest would be
sufficient for what he described as a “wear and tear injury”.